Colossians 2
1 For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
Nalingi boyeba ete nazali kobunda etumba makasi mpo na bino, mpo na bandeko ya Laodise mpe mpo na bandeko nyonso oyo bamoni ngai nanu te.
2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Nazali kosala bongo mpo ete balendisama, bazala moko kati na bolingo, batonda na elikya oyo ewutaka na bososoli ya mabombami ya Nzambe, mpe batonda na boyebi ya mabombami yango; mabombami yango ezali Klisto.
3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
Ezali kati Klisto nde bomengo nyonso ya bwanya mpe ya boyebi ya Nzambe ebombami.
4 Now I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive words.
Nalobi na bino bongo mpo ete moko te akosa bino na nzela ya maloba ya lokuta.
5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Pamba te, atako na nzoto, nazali mosika na bino, kasi na molimo, nazali elongo na bino; mpe nazali kosepela komona ete bozali kotambola na botosi mpe bozali kobatela kondima na bino kati na Klisto.
6 As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
Yango wana, lokola bosilaki koyamba Yesu-Klisto lokola Nkolo, botambolaka lokola bato oyo bazali moko na Ye:
7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
bomilendisaka mpe botongaka bomoi na bino kati na Ye, bokangamaka na kondima ndenge bateyaki bino, mpe bozongisaka matondi epai ya Nzambe.
8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty and deceptive philosophy, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
Bosalaka keba ete moko te akanga bino na motambo ya mayele ya lokuta mpe ezanga tina, kolanda bokoko ya bato mpe etamboli ya mokili oyo, pamba te ewutaka na Klisto te.
9 For in him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
Ezali kati na Klisto, kati na nzoto na Ye, nde mobimba ya nyonso oyo ezali kati na Nzambe evandi.
10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
Ezali mpe kati na Ye nde bino botondisamaki, pamba te azali Mokonzi ya milimo nyonso mpe ya nguya nyonso.
11 in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Ezali lisusu kati na Ye nde bakataki bino ngenga, na nzela ya maboko ya bato te kasi na lolenge ya Klisto: balongolaki kati na bino nzoto ya bomoto mpe ya masumu,
12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
bakundaki bino elongo na Klisto na nzela ya libatisi; mpe, kati na Ye, bosekwaki elongo na Ye na nzela ya kondima kati na nguya ya Nzambe oyo asekwisaki Ye kati na bakufi.
13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
Bino oyo bozalaki bakufi kati na masumu na bino mpe kati na bozangi kokatisa ngenga ya nzoto na bino, Nzambe akomisaki bino bato ya bomoi elongo na Klisto. Alimbisaki masumu na biso nyonso,
14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
apasolaki mokanda oyo mibeko na yango ekatelaki biso etumbu, asilisaki bokonzi ya mibeko yango, wana abakaki yango na ekulusu.
15 having disarmed the rulers and authorities, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Asilisaki makasi ya milimo mabe mpe ya nguya ya bakonzi ya molili, asambwisaki yango na miso ya bato nyonso mpe atambolisaki yango lokola bakangami ya etumba tango alongaki yango na ekulusu.
16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you about food and drink, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
Yango wana, bopesaka na moto moko te nzela ya kosambisa bino na tina na biloko ya kolia to ya komela to mpe na tina na mokolo ya feti lokola feti ya ebandeli ya sanza to ya Saba.
17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
Nyonso wana ezalaki kaka elilingi ya makambo oyo esengelaki koya, kasi bosolo na yango ezali penza kati na Klisto.
18 Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Botelemelaka bato oyo bamisepelisaka na komikitisa ya lokuta to na kosambela ba-anjelu, bopesaka bango nzela te ya kozangisa bino elonga. Bamipesaka na bimoniseli ya makanisi na bango, batondi na lolendo ezanga tina,
19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
baboyaka kokangama na Klisto oyo azali Mokonzi, Moto. Ezali Klisto nde asalaka ete nzoto mobimba ekola malamu kolanda mokano ya Nzambe mpe ekangana na nzela ya misisa mpe misuni.
20 If you died with Christ from the elementary principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
Bokufaki elongo na Klisto mpe bokangolamaki longwa na bowumbu ya milimo mabe ya mokili oyo. Boye mpo na nini, lokola nde bozali nanu bato ya mokili oyo, bozali lisusu kondima mibeko na yango lokola:
21 "Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch"
« kozwa te, komeka elengi te, kosimba te? »
22 (all of which perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?
Boni, biloko oyo nyonso ebongisami te mpo na kobebisama sima na kosalela yango? Tala, ezali na yango kaka mibeko mpe malakisi ya bomoto!
23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Solo, mibeko ya bongo emonanaka lokola nde etondi na bwanya, pamba te esengaka na bato ete basambelaka ndenge balingi, bamilakisaka lokola bato ya komikitisa mpe bamipesaka pasi na nzoto; nzokande ezali na tina moko te, soki kaka te kokokisa baposa ya nzoto.
